Demographic characteristics of members of the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD): A comparison with the United States population

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 4446-4450

  Sukumaran, Lakshmi ^a,b   McCarthy, Natalie L ^a   Li, Rongxia ^a   Weintraub, Eric S ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^c   Hambidge, Simon J ^c   Jackson, Lisa A ^d   Naleway, Allison L ^e   Chan, Berwick ^c   Tao, Biwen ^a   Gee, Julianne ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Demographics; Medicaid; Vaccine Safety Datalink

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINE SAFETY DATALINK; VERY ELDERLY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; UNITED STATES; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939564498     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.037     Document Type: Article

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